Mutational changes in S-cone opsin genes common to both nocturnal and cathemeral Aotus monkeys

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 757-765

  Levenson, David H ^a   Fernandez Duque, Eduardo ^b,c   Evans, Sian ^d   Jacobs, Gerald H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forests Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aotus; Cathemeral; Color vision; Monochromacy; Nocturnal; Opsin gene defects; S cones

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

GENE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; VISION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AOTUS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR VISION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; MUTATION; OPSIN; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS AZARAI; AOTUS NANCYMAAE; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 34547111030     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20402     Document Type: Article

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